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Volume 24, Number 30

April 16, 2004

Experienced teacher to mentor physics instructors around state
Mike Wolter, a physics teacher-in-residence at Ball State, is using two-way Internet-based video conferencing and face-to-face meetings to reach physics instructors at high schools around the state. Wolter was honored last year with the 2003 RadioShack National Teacher of the Year Award. 
Full Story

National Teacher of the Year gives views April 20 at Emens
Alabama elementary school educator Betsy Rogers presents her views, successes and inspirational thoughts on teaching at 7 p.m. in Emens Auditorium. Full Story

Nursing alumni open exhibit
at Muncie Children's Museum
Ball State nursing alumni will open an interactive display in the Muncie Children’s Museum to promote positive living habits for children and present the nursing profession in a child-friendly manner. Full Story

'Down to Earth' author to  keynote Earth Week activities
Pulitzer Prize-nominated author Ted Steinberg will discuss America’s fascination with lawn care during Earth Week 2004 April 17-22. Full Story

April 21 reception to highlight psychology week celebration
Sponsored by Ball State’s psychological science department, events include a career discussion series, discussion of the film “Primal Fear,” poster session and exams. Full Story

Nonprofit agencies could use student documentaries as tools
The students, led by Laura O'Hara, traced the process of people recovering from cancer and from the loss of home and property due to a fire. Full Story

Burris students in Washington
to star in broadcast field trip

Students from Burris will fly to Washington, D.C., to participate in an electronic field trip that will be broadcast April 20 to nearly 15 million viewers. Full Story

Crisis management strategist to receive public relations award
Ball State will honor one of the nation’s leading crisis management strategists May 13 when it hosts the Indiana Public Relations and Communications Conference. James Lukaszewski will receive
the National Public Relations Professional Achievement Award. Full Story

Latest best sellers offer break from academic work at library
Anyone seeking a reprieve from academic research can find a "new books and best sellers” corner in Bracken Library. Full Story

 

Special achievements honored at staff recognition program
Retirees and award winners were honored
at this year’s Staff Recognition and Retirement Awards Program Thursday in the L. A. Pittenger Student Center. The A. Jane Morton Award Winner is Sylvia L. Ewert, administrative coordinator in the Department of Accounting. Full Story

Festival of Dance 2004 to showcase student talents
With a spectacular opening and a closing that will leave audiences dancing out of the theatre, Festival of Dance 2004 will be on stage at 8 p.m. April 22-24 and at 2:30 p.m. April 25 in University Theatre. This show wraps up the main stage season and showcases the many talents of the Department of Theatre and Dance. Full Story

Professor creates work of
art based on DNA structure

As his teaching career winds down at Ball State, biologist Ed Hale is using his experience to craft a second livelihood. For the past several years, the 67-year-old educator has been practicing his painting skills and working with metals to transform biological items into art. Full Story

Student-produced fashion
show hits downtown Muncie

Models will strut the runway April 25 at the Horizon Convention Center for a fashion show produced entirely by Ball State students. "Silhouettes: A Fashion Show" is the creation of a class studying fashion promotion in the Department of Family and Consumer Sciences. Full Story

Final 'Friends' may be as popular, costly as Super Bowl
The last episode of the long-running NBC television comedy “Friends” may be so popular that it could rival recent Super Bowls in audience size and prices charged for commercials, says Ball State telecommunications professor Dom Caristi. Full Story

Student dancers to participate
in BET 'Spring Bling' special

A Ball State student group will compete against dance teams from colleges and universities across the nation this week during Black Entertainment Television’s (BET) annual spring break broadcast.
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Ball State has joined the U.S. military family in Germany. Also, the new SAT test raises questions. Learn More

'Careers in Sport Symposium'
to feature panel of professionals

National official to address Family and Consumer Sciences seniors

Bracken Library exhibit displays small posters from World War I

Tell-a-Vision small project grants available for students' digital work

Women's Studies Program honors University Communications office

Burris offering summer classes for elementary, middle, high school
 

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